Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return
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Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return
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Author : Eugène Fairfield Mc Pike
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return written by Eugène Fairfield Mc Pike and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with categories.
Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return
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Author : Eugene Fairfield McPike
language : en
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Release Date : 1905
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Halley S Comet It S Past History And 1910 Return
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Author : Eugene Fairfield MacPike
language : en
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Release Date : 1905
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Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return A Short Bibliography With Notes Reprinted From Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Quarterly Issue Vol 48
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Author : Eugene Fairfield MACPIKE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
Halley S Comet Its Past History And 1910 Return A Short Bibliography With Notes Reprinted From Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Quarterly Issue Vol 48 written by Eugene Fairfield MACPIKE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with categories.
Comet Madness
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Author : Richard J. Goodrich
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-02-15
Comet Madness written by Richard J. Goodrich and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-15 with History categories.
Halley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions (or so it was thought), proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley’s Comet returned in 1910 and astronomers announced that our planet would pass through its poisonous tail, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley’s Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception. The result is a fascinating and illuminating narrative history that underscores how we behave in the face of potential calamity – then and now. As the comet neared Earth, scientists and journalists alike scrambled to get the story straight as citizens the world over panicked. Popular astronomer Camille Flammarion attempted to allay fears in a newspaper article, but the media ignored his true position that passage would be harmless; weather prophet Irl Hicks, publisher of an annual, pseudo-scientific almanac, announced that the comet would disrupt the world’s weather; religious leaders thumbed the Bible’s Book of Revelation and wondered if the comet presaged the apocalypse. Newspapers, confident that there was gold in these alternate theories, gave every crackpot a megaphone, increasing circulation and stoking international hysteria. As a result, workmen shelved their tools, farmers refused to plant crops they would never harvest, and formerly reliable people stopped paying their creditors. More opportunistic citizens opened “comet insurance” plans. Others suffered mental breakdowns, and some took their own lives. Comet Madness reveals how humans confront the unknown, how scientists learn about the world we inhabit, and how certain people—from outright hucksters to opportunistic journalists—harness fear to produce a profit.
A History Of Halley S Comet With An Account Of Its Return In 1835 And A Chart Translated From The French By Colonel C Gold
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Author : Philippe Gustave LE DOULCET (Count de Pontécoulant.)
language : en
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Release Date : 1835
A History Of Halley S Comet With An Account Of Its Return In 1835 And A Chart Translated From The French By Colonel C Gold written by Philippe Gustave LE DOULCET (Count de Pontécoulant.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The Return Of Halley S Comet And Popular Apprehensions
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Author : Philippines Weather Bureau
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Return Of Halley S Comet And Popular Apprehensions written by Philippines Weather Bureau and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.
A historical account of the return of Halley's Comet in 1910 and the popular fascination and apprehension it generated. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Halley S Comet
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Author : H. H. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-17
Halley S Comet written by H. H. Turner and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-17 with Science categories.
Excerpt from Halley's Comet: An Evening Discourse to the British Association, at Their Meeting at Dublin, on Friday, September 4, 1908 The British Association is to meet next year at Winnipeg; so that before it again assembles on this side of the Atlantic Halley's comet will have returned once more to perihelion. Its last return was in 1835; and judging by the records of that time, it may be expected to be a fairly bright comet in May, 1910. But it will be by no means one of the brightest comets: it will probably not compare, for instance, with the great comet of 1858, which some of us remember, and which is associated with a famous vintage. The fame of Halley's comet is due to two causes almost independent of its brightness: to its long history (which has now been carried back definitely, by the admirable work of Messrs. Cowell and Crommelin of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to B. C. 240), and to the circumstances under which it became associated with the name of Halley, who discovered, not the comet itself, but its periodic character. This discovery - that the same comet might and actually did return to us again and again - followed as a natural consequence from Newton's great discovery of the Law of Gravitation: and the story of Halley's comet thus forms an integral part of the most important event in the whole history of science. The Law of Gravitation was not realized in its complete form at a single epoch: Newton's work began in 1665, and was not matured until 1685: while Halley's deduction was dated twenty years later still (1705). But even forty years is a short period for the unrolling of that great revolution in scientific thought. We shall better understand the magnitude of the change if we first glance at a few records showing the state of affairs immediately preceding. In the very year 1665, in which Newton, driven from Cambridge by the incipient Great Plague, first began to meditate on Gravitation, there was published the first number of the Philosophical Transactions of the recently established Royal Society of London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A History Of Halley S Comet
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Author : Gustave Pontécoulant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
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Comet Lore
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Author : Edwin Emerson, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2014-01-05
Comet Lore written by Edwin Emerson, Jr. and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-05 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Comet Lore: Halley's Comet In History And Astronomy Edwin Emerson Printed by the Schilling Press, 1910 Comets; Halley's comet